Effect of patient personality profile and verbal presentation on successful rigid contact lens adaptation, satisfaction and compliance

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 500-505

  Bennett, Edward S ^a   Stulc, Stephanie ^b   Bassi, Carl J ^a   Schnider, Cristina M ^c   Morgan, Bruce W ^a   Henry, Vinita Allee ^a   Henderson, Beth ^a   Roskam, Sherry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Menicon USA ^*

^c School of Optometry   (United States)

Author keywords

Personality profile; Psychological questionnaires; Rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses; Video presentation

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LENSES; DISEASES; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

RIGID GAS PERMEABLE (RGP) LENSES;

VISION;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032125792     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199807000-00018     Document Type: Article

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